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This is a list of key features/improvements/bugfixes that we can include with release notes:

  • There have been several improvements to the Kafka Connect REST API.
  • Kafka Connect now supports incremental cooperative rebalancing. 
  • A new kafka-leader-election.sh command will allow system administrators to trigger unclean leader elections without changing configuration keys.
  • Kafka Streams now supports an inIn-memory session store and window store for Kafka Streams.
  • A new broker metric indicating the start time.
  • Incremental cooperative rebalancing in Kafka Connect

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  • The AdminClient now allows users to determine what operations they are authorized to perform on topics.
  • There is a new broker start time metric.
  • JMXTool can now connect to secured RMI ports.Return Authorized Operations in Describe Responses
  • The AdminClient API now supports dynamically changing log levels
  • MirrorMaker 2.0
  • Verify leader epoch in produce requests
  • Improved incremental An incremental AlterConfigs API has been added.  The old AlterConfigs API has been deprecated.
  • Support non-key joining in KTable
  • We now track partitions which are under their min ISR count.
  • KIP-359 fixes some problems producers could encounter after a leadership change in a partition.
  • Consumers can now opt-out of automatic topic creation, even when it is enabled on the broker.
  • Kafka components can now use external configuration stores (KIP-421)
  • Improved replica fetcher behavior when errors are encountered
  • MirrorMaker 2.0

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